Example sentences of "[verb] him in [art] [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again , Atrakhasis was warned , the god instructing him in a dream to build a boat , take on board his family and animals , and explain his action to his fellow men as a punishment inflicted upon him which would bring benefit to them . |
| 2 | That old bugger Grunte had not included him in the invitation to dine at some poncy joint called La Noblesse , the smartest part of the Hospitality Inn . |
| 3 | When the nest is complete the female approaches the male and nudges him in the flank to gain his confidence . |
| 4 | I advised him in the meantime to send for the leaders of the other two parties & have them report position from their points of view . |
| 5 | I advised him in the meantime to send for the leaders of the other two parties and have them report position from their points of view . |
| 6 | He was so involved in these thoughts that when the school finally loomed into view he failed to notice it and only when Tock poked him in the side did he look up and see the gigantic sight . |
| 7 | He 'd asked me to go and see him in the evening to continue the interview . |
| 8 | The hospital would ring him in the morning to warn him of what they had discovered of Mrs Popple 's death upon doing the post-mortem . |
| 9 | A third ad showed him in a bathrobe seated cross-legged on a chair in a tropical tableau flanked man , hugging two freshly-scrubbed pigs . |
| 10 | She 'd meet him in a pub called the Camden Head , at nine . |
| 11 | Contestants will join him in the arena to try to do a Tyrus — and bring on the tears again . |
| 12 | It 's surprising thumping him in the back did n't kill him with the kidney failure in n it ? |
| 13 | On the contrary , the government initiated legal proceedings in late September against Manuel Cabieses , the director of the left-wing magazine Punto Final , for violating the Security Law by insulting the head of the army — the magazine having described Pinochet as " shameless " and " sadistic " and depicted him in a photomontage blowing his nose with the Chilean flag . |
| 14 | And when he shook his head , she asked him in a voice fallen to a whisper , ‘ Who are you ? |
| 15 | ‘ If a guitarist smokes a couple of weeds to get him in the mood to play no-one bats an eyelid because he 's a public entertainer . |
| 16 | If a man was workshy and mutinous I would put him in a cell to cool his heels for a while . |
| 17 | Lord Dundas was fully aware of Glassford 's importance to his political interest in Clackmannan , and had taken steps to try to oblige him in a matter relating to his West Indian business interests , but Glassford was also conscious of his position in the political sphere , and fully intended to use it to secure his brother-in-law 's reinstatement . |
| 18 | and then give him a game and take his mind off it , and take him in the kitchen give him |
| 19 | She left him in the kitchen examining the espresso coffee machine with wonder , while she went to Patrick 's office . |
| 20 | Wednesday were shattered at giving up a three-goal lead at home but their plan to expose right-back Paul Parker 's size by getting Hirst to attack him in the air paid off with two goals — plus one for the striker himself . |
| 21 | When Jack was given the accolade of Best Actor by the New York Critics ' Award for his performance , he responded by sending them all a polite thank-you letter ; those critics who had mentioned him in the past had not been especially kind . |
| 22 | I threatened to put him on a discipline charge because whenever the drunks were turning out , you 'd find him in the station writing some trivial bike without a light . |
| 23 | The doubts still persist that his statue-like stance — feet wide apart , legs straight and head looking down the pitch over the left shoulder — leaves him in no position to deal effectively with the fast , short delivery . |